2023 Turkish general election
How do political campaigns target voters?
Methodology
In collaboration with Who Targets Me, we monitored over 185 Turkish political advertisers during the 2023 Turkish general election to better understand how campaigns use different targeting methods made available by Meta. To do this, we used data from the Meta Ad Library, using the new ‘Audience’ data which gives some detail on how pages target their ads.
To better understand the election, we kept only advertisers who:
- Advertised in the last 7 days (May 3rd - May 9th 2023)
- Advertised in the last 30 days (Apr 10th - May 9th 2023)
Note: Meta only provides 7, 30 and 90 days windows for the targeting data in their Ad Library. Meta’s data also lags by a few days. We will update this report as soon as new data is available.
Topline Statistics
Apr 10th - May 9th 2023 (Last 30 days)
In total, political parties spend ₺15,899,841 and ran 3291 ad copies on Meta in this timeframe.
| Number of Advertisers | Top Spenders | Number of Ads | Total Spend | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AKP |
32 |
|
876 |
₺7,829,867 |
CHP |
42 |
|
964 |
₺3,509,366 |
MHP |
30 |
|
873 |
₺2,544,329 |
YSP |
3 |
|
78 |
₺905,459 |
İYİ |
7 |
|
410 |
₺845,209 |
DEVA |
8 |
|
90 |
₺265,611 |
May 3rd - May 9th 2023 (Last 7 days)
In total, political parties spend ₺6,076,321 and ran 1638 ad copies on Meta in this timeframe.
| Number of Advertisers | Top Spenders | Number of Ads | Total Spend | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AKP |
27 |
|
386 |
₺2,708,318 |
MHP |
23 |
|
489 |
₺1,325,874 |
CHP |
30 |
|
495 |
₺1,290,846 |
YSP |
3 |
|
65 |
₺455,759 |
İYİ |
6 |
|
141 |
₺199,004 |
DEVA |
3 |
|
62 |
₺96,520 |
Spending per Targeting Criteria
How much did campaigns spend on different targeting methods?
Apr 10th - May 9th 2023 (Last 30 days)
Overall
By Party
May 3rd - May 9th 2023 (Last 7 days)
Overall
By Party
Top Targeted Audiences
Here, we show the top targeted audiences for each party (ranked by amount of Turkish Lira spend). Most (but not all) of these audiences are “interest” audiences, i.e. the parties targeted people interested in “Books” or “Politics”.
Apr 10th - May 9th 2023 (Last 30 days)
May 3rd - May 9th 2023 (Last 7 days)
Top Contested Audiences
Here, we show the top most contested audiences, i.e. where all parties have spent considerable amounts of money competing to reach voters with the same interests. Most (but not all) of these audiences are “interest” audiences, i.e. the parties targeted people interested in “Books” or “Politics”. In each row on the right hand side, you can see how much in total was spend on that specific target audience.